Kimberley Tran talks with Kailu Guan about her work combining augmented reality with fashion products, launching her own successful digital skincare platform, and incorporating user experience into her designs. In this podcast, Guan describes her experiences combining her college projects in design with her post-graduate interests, launching her own skincare platform with a partner, and considering UX design

Kailu Guan is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of HelloAva. Kailu is an award-winning multidisciplinary designer. Her areas of concentration include human-centered design, fashion design, augmented reality (AR), and wearable technology. She has held several positions at IDEO, Intel and Hermes. Kailu has exhibited her work at SXSW, TechCrunch, Le Révélateur D’innovation Paris and MIT Media Lab. Vogue Italia, WWD, Dezeen, Fashionista, Viewpoint, and Computer Arts are among the publications that have covered her work. She graduated from Parsons and Central Saint Martins College of Arts.

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